Liquefaction susceptibility. Red = bad.Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake with events around the Bay Area like The Big Rumble. Many sites are collecting stories and we'd like your stories too. While Noe is entirely on bedrock, there was a whole lot of shaking going on. St. Paul's sustained near-fatal damage, and we found various reports of things knocked off shelves and neighbors helping each other. Best we can tell, Noe escaped largely unharmed.
Were you here -- what happened in Noe Valley? Please tell your story in the comments.
[ABAG: Liquefaction Susceptibility Map]
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My daughters and I had just come home from swimming lessons at the Y at Stonestown. They were 5 and almost 3 years old. I got them settled in front of the TV in our living room and I ran upstairs to turn on the World Series. Just as I did that I felt shaking and the power went out. I ran downstairs to them and saw from our bay window that cars were stopped on Noe Street and people were yelling. The kitchen cupboard doors were all open but nothing broke. No damage to our house at all. I called my family in Ohio and told them we were fine and then the phone went out. My husband was driving home from work on Potrero Hill and he felt the shaking and had to pull over. It was a very warm October evening and everyone was outside on their front steps. I remember the store owner on the corner of Noe and 22nd Street was giving away ice cream, etc from his melting freezer.
I rushed home from my office north of the Financial District. On my block near Noe and 27th Street, one neighbor had a small, battery-powered TV and his home became the meeting place. This was how we learned the extent of the damage elsewhere, though Noe Valley fared pretty well. Other than a few things falling off shelves, it seemed no one nearby had any real damage. Another neighbor's phone was working intermittently, so we all took turns trying to contact one out-of-town person to let them know we, at least, were okay.
Once it grew dark, many of us sat on the street in the warm night and watched the darkness over the valley, Bernal Hill, and the East Bay. The lights in Bernal came on and we were next. Incredibly, our power came back on at about 11:00 p.m. I don't think anyone slept that night, with visions of what happened and so much still unknown.
Was working in Palo Alto, took 2 hours to drive home (just a little longer than usual! Ugh!). When I got home the 3rd fl. apartment overlooking twin peaks was fine - nothing happened but the power was out. I met my downstairs neighbor and a couple of her friends and we went to Cork & Bottle for pints of $2 Guinness via candle light. It was a very nice, if freaky, evening.
I was at my Girl Scout meeting at my elementary school in the Sunset at 5:04. I was blown away by the school hallways' ribbon-like galloping effect. We drove some other kids home and were surprised at how orderly the intersections were despite the lack of signals. Coming back home to Day Street, we gathered with a few neighbors, candles and the radio. Our house sustained no real damage, save for items falling off shelves. A creepy evening nonetheless...
Where can we get a bigger map?
"Where can we get a bigger map?"
Follow the link at the bottom of the post. Lots of maps to play with on that site.
I was living on 19th Street near Kite Hill in 1989. At the time of the earthquake I felt the sharp shaking, the power went out, and one tiny lightweight object tipped over, that was it. It wasn't until about an hour later that I went outside and discovered the extent of the damage. Good old bedrock.
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